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Oasis opening with Gary Glitter song

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MrsSkylerWhite · 05/07/2025 08:22

at their reunion concert. Distasteful?

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swimsong · 12/07/2025 21:12

Apart from the sample at the end - which I don't know if they incorporate live - the track owes far more to The Beatles and and Slade than it does to GG, despite the shared writing credit.

Brefugee · 07/07/2025 11:11

MrsSkylerWhite · 05/07/2025 08:28

Or maybe I’m back again.

I think most people will know it from good to be back.

tbh people who know Oasis know that it has always been like that. And that as a band with that in their catalogue it was the obvious choice for opener.

And it isn't a cover so much as samples bits of it.

YesTonightJosephine · 07/07/2025 11:10

ApisMellifera · 05/07/2025 17:58

@YesTonightJosephine the lovely late Sinead O'Connor detailed a really nasty evening she spent with Prince in the '90s. He came across as a complete psycho.

Again, so very, very disappointing to hear this ... bless lovely Sinead ...

ApisMellifera · 05/07/2025 17:58

@YesTonightJosephine the lovely late Sinead O'Connor detailed a really nasty evening she spent with Prince in the '90s. He came across as a complete psycho.

DurinsBane · 05/07/2025 17:51

EstherGreenwood63 · 05/07/2025 13:41

@DurinsBane Neither was Jimmy Savile. I am sure he was innocent too. 🤔
I know who I believe.

There is a lot of very very strong evidence for Jimmy saville, or proof. He would have been charged and most likely convicted if he was alive. Jackson was alive for many years after the allegations first came out. I may be wrong, but I don’t think he was ever charged. Definitely was never convicted

EstherGreenwood63 · 05/07/2025 13:41

@DurinsBane Neither was Jimmy Savile. I am sure he was innocent too. 🤔
I know who I believe.

Pedallleur · 05/07/2025 13:38

Absentmindedsmile · 05/07/2025 13:33

No. They’re just copies of proper bands. No comparison to rolling stones, queen, the Beatles. Poor imitations, at best.

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Beatles/Stones were copying Chuck Berry, Elvis,Carl Perkins and the Blues singers out of America esp Chicago. Queen were Led Zep, The Who. They added their own twist. 1st Rolling Stones album is all cover versions but you know who it is. Oasis no different.

Lins77 · 05/07/2025 13:37

It's not like they covered a Gary Glitter song!

It's the perfect song to open with.

Newbie8918 · 05/07/2025 13:34

thisfilmisboring123 · 05/07/2025 08:34

Weren’t they just singing their own song ‘Hello’ which has lyrics from Gary Glitter’s song in it?

They haven’t purposely added it now.

Stop talking sense!

Absentmindedsmile · 05/07/2025 13:33

Pedallleur · 05/07/2025 13:19

That's how a rock and roll band should be. Worked for The Rolling Stones when the press were outraged with their haircuts and lasciviousness. Other bands are available

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No. They’re just copies of proper bands. No comparison to rolling stones, queen, the Beatles. Poor imitations, at best.

mickandrorty · 05/07/2025 13:31

YesTonightJosephine · 05/07/2025 13:17

This :

Details of Anthony Kiedis' troubling sexual assault history

I dare not ask about the other artists mentioned either ...

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Thanks. That's disappointing though, I cant believe I have never heard any of this I really like their music.

ginasevern · 05/07/2025 13:30

@Ponoka7 "Our royals are really dodgy, as well"

Ain't that the truth. They always have been.

PlumLemur · 05/07/2025 13:29

It amuses me that people think outrage over band’s behaviour is some how something new. People kicking off about how Glastonbury isn’t about political messages or how punk or rock bands should be good little boys and girls. Controversy goes hand in hand with this sort of music and it won’t stop being that way.

Glitter is a despicable prick though.

Pedallleur · 05/07/2025 13:19

Absentmindedsmile · 05/07/2025 11:37

Don’t really care tbh. They were annoying twats then and they still are. But what do they care! ££££

That's how a rock and roll band should be. Worked for The Rolling Stones when the press were outraged with their haircuts and lasciviousness. Other bands are available

EleanorReally · 05/07/2025 13:19

MrsSkylerWhite · 05/07/2025 08:26

Good to be back

i do like that song

JackGrealishsCalves · 05/07/2025 13:18

It was Hello which was the perfect opening song for a reunion concert and was written back in the mid 90's and it wasn't even an actual GG song.
Oasis clearly don't clutch pearls thankfully

YesTonightJosephine · 05/07/2025 13:17

mickandrorty · 05/07/2025 13:13

I may have been living under a rock but why RHCP and bowie?

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This :

Details of Anthony Kiedis' troubling sexual assault history

I dare not ask about the other artists mentioned either ...

BlueandPinkSwan · 05/07/2025 13:15

What is wrong with some peeps on here? It's a song by Oasis, but who really gives a toss anyway it's just a lyric and music?

mickandrorty · 05/07/2025 13:13

ColinOfficeTrolley · 05/07/2025 09:03

As pp's have said, if we didn't separate the artist from the music, there would be no RHCP, Bowie, Prince, Led Zep, Pink Floyd, the list is endless.

I think it's abhorrent btw and does put be off the artist, but using the same 5 words in a song is really not an issue.

I may have been living under a rock but why RHCP and bowie?

DurinsBane · 05/07/2025 13:11

EstherGreenwood63 · 05/07/2025 08:35

Don't hear enough complaints about Michael Jackson's music being played. It was a sample. Can't get worked up about it tbh.

Michael Jackson was never convicted of child abuse. Some people made allegations, some people who were round him as kids said totally not true. Gary Glitter has been convicted, and multiple times

BriceNobeslovesMurielHeslop · 05/07/2025 13:00

I am a big Prince fan but he wasn’t a very nice person, I’m afraid. Wendy and Lisa called him Prince when he was being a megalomaniac in the studio, and “Steve” when he showed glimpses of the shy wee guy they knew back in Minneapolis.

YesTonightJosephine · 05/07/2025 12:57

dayswithaY · 05/07/2025 12:51

@YesTonightJosephine I think Prince’s ex wife accused him of coercive control.

Ahh ... appreciate the update @dayswithaY ... I guess I have some unpleasant reading ahead of me ...

dayswithaY · 05/07/2025 12:51

@YesTonightJosephine I think Prince’s ex wife accused him of coercive control.

dayswithaY · 05/07/2025 12:50

Meanwhile there is a West End musical dedicated to Michael Jackson.

BriceNobeslovesMurielHeslop · 05/07/2025 12:46

In the US they quite often play a bit from Rock N Roll Part 2 as part of the hype music at sports matches. It was a bit weird to hear it in a big family oriented event but I don’t think most people would have thought anything of it.

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